Romania’s transport minister in office Lucian Bode said a little while ago that Tarom had made a down payment of EUR900,000 for nine ATR aircraft without having signed a contract.
“We are in the process of refreshing our entire fleet and the first four ATR 72-600 aircraft will be here at the beginning of February at the latest,” Tarom wrote in a Facebook post, without disclosing the value of the contract.
The nine ATR aircraft the airline wants replaced operate only domestic flights and seven of them are 21 years old, while two are 14 years old. Tarom’s fleet also includes 12 Boeing aircraft and four Airbus aircraft.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)